Kops

- [Instructor] It is hard for me not to think…of the Inner Circle Bad Boys song whenever is see kops.…This project really needs a jingle.…Kops is an acronym for Kubernetes Operations,…and it helps you create, destroy, upgrade,…and maintain production grade, highly available…Kubernetes clusters from the command line.…It is currently the most supported way…to create a production grade cluster…for Amazon Web Services, but can also be used…for Google compute engine VMware vSphere.…

To get kops up and running, you'll need to set up…your local machine with kops, kubectl, AWS credentials,…and the AWS client tools.…You'll need to set up an Amazon identity…and access management account for a kops user…with full access to S3, EC2, Route53, and IAM.…You'll need to create a DNS record…for Kubernetes etcd service for your pods…to communicate effectively.…There are many options for this,…so I encourage you to take a look at the documentation.…If you're doing this for the first time,…you can also skip this step and use a gossip-based cluster…

Resume Transcript Auto-Scroll

Author

Released

1/12/2018

Do you want to get a handle on how to use the native tools provided by Kubernetes? In this course, bolster your existing understanding of Kubernetes by learning more about the tools provided by the ecosystem. Discover how to use these tools to build, manage, debug, and scale applications better in Kubernetes. Instructor Karthik Gaekwad shares strategies for mastering kubectl; running Kubernetes using Minikube, kubeadm, and kops; and more.